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[–] ladel@feddit.uk 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like they have space for one beach between Ploce and Dubrovnik

[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

My wife and I took a cruise for our honeymoon that stopped in Kotor, Montenegro. For fun, we rented a car and drove up to Split in Croatia along the sea. That means we got to drive through that strip of Bosnia. We stopped and had lunch at a little pizza place in Neum, Bosnia.

The people in the pizza place asked us how in the world we came to be there. 😆

[–] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How long ago was this? A road trip along this route I think is pretty common and Dubrovnik is a very popular tourist destination these days, especially since they joined the Schengen area.

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Its been common for a while, but I think the point is people dont really stop there

[–] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kotor looks gorgeous. Is it any way interesting there?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know this is due to context, but "is KOTOR interesting" is a very entertaining question.

(I hope this isn't offensive. It's not meant to be.)

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There's a lot and it is quite beautiful. We just had an afternoon so we hired a small boat to take us out to Our Lady of the Rocks island church. It was awesome!

[–] mihor@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they actually built a goddamn huge Pelješac bridge last year to circumvent this part, so if you're travelling along the croatian coast down to Dubrovnik you don't need to cross the Neum border any longer. They actually spent like half a billion euros on that project just out of spite. That's the balkan thing.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

B&H: Can swim??

Croatia: Neum.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Herzegovina: Can I be first this month?

Bosnia: No.

[–] darthsid@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Wtf Croatia, that’s not fair! Learn to share!

[–] invertedspear@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

That's actually really interesting!

TL;DR they gave the coast to the Ottoman Empire hundreds of years ago for free because they were tired of fighting invaders from the sea. Free protection in exchange for cities they weren't able to defend anyway.

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Man. That story turns the whole situation on its head. Fascinating. Thanks!

[–] CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's a weird fricking boarder if I've ever seen one...

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like a Republican voting map.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Republicans have always been at the top of the leaderboard when it comes to corruption-based gerrymandering.

[–] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The Illinois Democrats have some stuff going on too. I mention this not to “both sides 🤪” but because it’s important to be aware of the non-fascists’ wrongdoings too, so you aren’t caught off guard by occasional accurate information from corrupt fascists. Wasn’t that the state where the governor tried to sell Obama’s seat after he became president?

Edit: fixed link

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, didn't Trump pardon that governor?

[–] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Commuted his sentence. I guess his love for corruption exceeds his opposition to Democrats, but we know that. His love of corruption exceeds everything.

[–] s_s@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most of the towns along the sea were parts of the Venetian Republic and share a lot of common culture through that. There's no dividing them at this point.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Croatia: "Hold my beer, watch me landlock this MFer right here..."

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

They failed though

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Chile has entered the chat.

Bolivia has ragequit.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

On the flip side, at least they don't need much border security. Unless it's Croatia invading.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ok maybe you can swim but I've made a whale sized territory especially for you

[–] leds@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago